CURRICULUM VITAE (2/2007 Abbreviated) Bernard Wittels M.D. Ph.D. Associate Professor. Department of Anesthesiology, Rush University Medical Center

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE (2/2007 Abbreviated) Bernard Wittels M.D. Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Anesthesiology, Rush University Medical Center Education: A.B. (biochemistry), Dartmouth College 1976 Hanover, New Hampshire Ph.D. (biochemistry), University of Chicago 1984 Chicago, Illinois M.D. (anesthesiology), Pritzker School of Medicine 1986 Residency (medicine), Michael Reese Hospital Chicago, Illinois Residency (anesthesiology), Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, Connecticut Fellowships (obstetric anesthesia; vascular and thoracic anesthesia) 1990 Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut Specialty Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology 1991 Certification: Instructor, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, American Heart Association UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE: University of Chicago: Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Assistant Professor Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesia and Critical Care, Director of Obstetric Anesthesia, Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesia and Critical Care, Associate Professor Rush University: Department of Anesthesiology Associate Professor University of Chicago Committees: Resident Education Resident Evaluation Continuous Quality Improvement Chairman, Committee for Revising Preoperative Notes Biological Sciences Division Institutional Review Board

2 2 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Professional Societies: American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Subcommittee on Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology 1999, 2003 Reviewer for Anesthesiology ASA Media Spokesperson ASA Key Contact for Congressman Bobby Rush Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists (ISA) Alternate Delegate, Illinois District I , Delegate, Illinois District I 2007 ISA Committee on Government Affairs ISA Delegate to the ASA Legislative Conference, Washington, D.C Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) SOAP Committee on Government Affairs 2004 SOAP Committee on Economics and Government Affairs International Anesthesia Research Society Reviewer for Anesthesia & Analgesia Reviewer for Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica Selected Invited Lectures and Teaching Presentations: Anesthetic management of the nursing parturient: 1991 neonatal effects from ingestion of drugs in breast milk. What's new in pain relief after cesarean delivery? 1993 Annual Midwest Obstetric Anesthesia Meeting Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists Chicago, Illinois Anesthetic management of the nursing parturient. Neonatal effects of maternal drug administration. The Rafael Machado, M.D. Lecture Saint Francis Hospital of Evanston, Evanston, Illinois What's new in obstetric anesthesia and neonatal outcome? 1994 Neuraxial opioid use in obstetric anesthesia 1995

3 3 Selected Invited Lectures and Teaching Presentations (continued): Obstetric anesthesia in the new millennium 1999 St. Joseph Academy of Anesthesiology Meeting Notre Dame University Memorial Hospital of South Bend, South Bend, Indiana Real World Cases: Amniotic Fluid Embolism "Best Presentation of the Meeting" Epidural anesthesia and the course of labor 2000 International Winter Symposium on "Anesthesia for the obstetric patient" Catholic University of Leuven Leuven, Belgium What's new in obstetric anesthesia, the course of labor, and ambulatory epidural anesthesia? St. Joseph Academy of Anesthesiology Meeting Notre Dame University Memorial Hospital of South Bend, South Bend, Indiana Obstetric anesthesia update Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, Illinois Real World Cases: Anesthetic management of the parturient with spinal muscular atrophy "Best Presentation of the Meeting" Critical cardiopulmonary events in labor and delivery Epidural anesthesia and the course of labor and delivery 2001 Epidural hematomas: The crossroads

4 4 Selected Invited Lectures and Teaching Presentations (continued): Neonatal effects of drugs in breast milk 2001 Postcesarean analgesia: maternal and neonatal outcomes Obstetric Anesthesia Morbidity and Mortality: Prevention and Treatment Obstetric Anesthesia Morbidity and Mortality: 2002 Prevention and Treatment St. John, US Virgin Islands Epidural Anesthesia & the Course of Labor St. John, US Virgin Islands Update on High Risk OB Anesthesia Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery What's New in Obstetric Anesthesia 2003 Obstetric Anesthesia Basic Science Poster Discussion Moderator/Facilitator 2004 ASA Annual Meeting Las Vegas, Nevada Obstetric Anesthesia Clinical Forum Panel Discussant ASA Annual Meeting Las Vegas, Nevada Breakfast with the Experts Panelist/Discussion Leader 2005 Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology Annual Meeting Palm Desert, California

5 5 RESEARCH INTERESTS: Videotape review of obstetric neuraxial anesthetics by anesthesia residents as a tool for education, research, communication, and enhancing patient safety. Ambulatory epidural anesthesia for parturients in labor Dose-response of epidural naloxone as a treatment for neuraxial opioid-induced pruritus Intrathecal naloxone as an adjunct to a rapid-onset, prolonged-duration, ambulatory, combined spinal-epidural anesthetic for labor and delivery BIBLIOGRAPHY: Book Chapters: 1. Wittels B, Sevarino F: PCA in the Obstetrical Patient (Maternal/Neonatal Considerations). Chapter 15 in Acute Pain: Mechanisms and Management, Sinatra RS, Hord AH, Ginsberg B and Preble L Editors, Mosby Year Book, 1992, pp Journal Articles: 1. Wittels B, Scott DT, Sinatra RS: Exogenous Opioids in Human Breast Milk and Acute Neonatal Neurobehavior: A Preliminary Study. Anesthesiology 73: , Wittels B: Does Epidural Anesthesia Affect the Course of Labor and Delivery? Seminars in Perinatology, Vol 15, No 5 (October), 1991: pp Wittels B, Glosten B, Faure E, Moawad A, Ismail M, Hibbard J, Amundsen L, Binstock W, Senal JA, Cox SM, Blackman SC, Karl L and Thisted R: Opioid Antagonist Adjuncts to Epidural Morphine for Postcesarean Analgesia: Maternal Outcomes. Anesthesia and Analgesia 77: , Wittels B, Glosten B, Faure E, Moawad A, Ismail M, Hibbard J, Senal JA, Cox SM, Blackman SC, Karl L and Thisted R: Postcesarean Analgesia with Both Epidural Morphine and Patient-Controlled Analgesia: Neurobehavioral Outcomes Among Nursing Neonates. Anesthesia and Analgesia 85: , Wittels B, Faure E, Chavez R, Moawad A, Ismail M, Hibbard J, Principe D, Karl L and Toledano A: Effective Analgesia after Bilateral Tubal Ligation. Anesthesia and Analgesia 87: , Cuenco J, Tzeng G, Wittels B: Anesthetic management of a parturient with systemic lupus erythematosus, pulmonary hypertension, and pulmonary edema. Anesthesiology 91:568-70, 1999

6 6 Abstracts: 1. Wittels B, Scott DT, Sevarino F, Sinatra RS: Distribution of Self-Administered Morphine and Meperidine into Human Breast Milk: Acute Neonatal Neurobehavioral Effects. SOAP Annual Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin, May, Wittels B, Scott DT, Sinatra RS: Distribution of Self-Administered Morphine and Meperidine into Human Breast Milk: Acute Neonatal Neurobehavioral Effects. Anesthesiology 73:A921, Wittels B, Glosten B, Karl L, Blackman S, Faure E and Thisted R: Failure of Postcesarean Analgesia with Epidural Morphine: Incidence and Significance of Perioperative Criteria. SOAP Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass., May, Wittels B, Glosten B, Faure E, Moawad A, Ismail M, Hibbard J, Amundsen L, Binstock W, Cox S, Blackman S, Karl L and Thisted R: Opioid Antagonist Adjuncts to Epidural Morphine for Postcesarean Analgesia: Maternal Outcomes. Anesthesiology 77:A1013, 1992; SOAP Annual Meeting, Palm Desert, California, May, Wittels B, Glosten B, Faure E, Moawad A, Ismail M, Hibbard J, Amundsen L, Binstock W, Cox S, Blackman S, Karl L and Thisted R: Postcesarean Analgesia using both Epidural Morphine and Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia: Neurobehavioral Outcomes among Nursing Neonates. Anesthesiology 77:A1015, 1992; SOAP Annual Meeting, Palm Desert, California, May, Wittels B: Pearls and Perils of Preeclampsia. Anesthesiology 98:A51, 2003, SOAP Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, May, 2003